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Emerging Judicial Strategies for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Caseload: Mental Health Courts in Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, San Bernardino, and Anchorage
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Emerging Judicial Strategies for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Caseload: Mental Health Courts in Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, San Bernardino, and Anchorage
Publication year:
2000
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: An examination of the first four mental health courts to be operated in the U.S. is presented. This report's executive summary discusses the origin of a mental health court approach, common features of and differences among the four mental health courts, and issues raised by the emergence of a mental health court model. Chapters of this report include: introduction; the Broward County (Fort Lauderdale) Mental Health Court; the King County (Washington) District Court Mental Health Court; the Anchorage Mental Health Court; the San Bernardino (California) Mental Health Court; and early mental health court initiatives -- common themes and emerging issues.